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You can use CCTV to protect your property but you must put a sign and provide images on request to the police
You have the right to see CCTV footage of yourself under the Data Protection Act.
The Surveillance Camera Commissioner has a statutory role to provide the surveillance camera industry with a current list of recommended standards.
Procedures and guidance on capturing and recovering images, video and audio including standards for installing CCTV.
The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s role is to encourage compliance with the surveillance camera code of practice. BSCC is an independent monitoring body of the Home Office .
Information from the Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST), including the database of police protective standards.
Information for providers and managers on the use of surveillance, including CCTV, in their residential childcare settings and how Ofsted will evaluate its use.
This collection brings together resources to help people comply with the surveillance camera code of practice and follow good practice and legal requirements.
Check the tariff classification for a clip-on camera lens attachment made of glass.
Find out how SIA licensing applies to someone using a drone.
The role of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner is to encourage compliance with the surveillance camera code of practice.
Data protection rules for businesses in recruiting staff, keeping staff records and using CCTV
These case studies show how the 12 guiding principles in the surveillance camera code of practice can be met.
The Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s annual reports to the Home Secretary.
Documents and information relating to the commissioner's surveillance camera strategy.
Employers might monitor workers, but if the monitoring involves taking data, images or drug testing they have to do this in a way that's legal and fair
Guidance for the operators of slaughterhouses in England on how to comply with the rules on the mandatory use of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV).
Requirements and guidance for prison and probation staff on the use of CCTV.
Find out how SIA licensing applies to someone using a bodycam or headcam.
Product recall for adapter for camera presenting a serious risk of electric shock.
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